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position. The characteristic symptoms of a pure devotee are laughing and crying; when emotions are favorable, they laugh; and when the emotion is not favorable, they cry.
But above these two emotions there is the permanent situation of love which is called  Sthaaibhava . In other words, the attachment to Krishna is called a permanent situation. That permanent loving attitude is sometimes mixed with different kinds of tastes, and they are named  Bibhava ,  Anubhava ,  Byabhichary .  Bibhava  is a particular taste for attachment to Krishna, and is divided into two further categories, namely  Alambana  and  Uddipana . The cause that increases one's love of Krishna is said to be  Bibhava , in the  Agni Purana  and other authoritative Scriptures. Such taste is increased as  Alambana , when Krishna is the Objective. When Krishna's transcendental qualities include a devotional emotion, by His Activities, His beautiful smiling Face and flavor of Body, the sound of His flute, His sound of the Nopur, or conch shell, the marks of His sole, His dwelling place, His paraphernalia of devotional service: such as tulsi leaves, devotees, and the performance of ceremonies, and  Ekadasee —this devotional emotion so induced is called  Alambana , or  Uddipana . When feeling and emotions within oneself are exhibited, that is called  Anubhava . In the  Anubhava  attitude, one dances and sometimes falls down, sometimes sings loudly, sometimes shows convulsions, sometimes yearns, sometimes breathes very heavily—all without any concern for the situation.
Those external features exhibited on the body of the devotees are called  Udbhasvar . The  Byabhichary  symptoms are thirty-three in number. Such symptoms principally comprise the matter of words and different features of the body. These different features of the body, such as dancing and trembling and laughing, etc., when mixed with the  Byabhichary  symptoms are called  Samchary . And, when  Bhava ,  Anubhava  and  Byabhichary  symptoms are mixed together they make the devotee dive into the ocean of immortality. That is called the  Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu , The Ocean of the Pure Nectar of Devotional Service; and one who is merged into that ocean is always concentratedly in transcendental pleasure on the waves and sound of that particular ocean.
The particular flavors, or tastes of the devotees who merge into that ocean of  Bhakti Rasamrita  are known as neutrality, servitude, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. The conjugal love taste, however, with symptoms of decorating the body for attracting Krishna, is very prominent. The flavor of servitude increases up to affection, anger, fraternity and attachment. The relish of friendship increases up to affection, anger, fraternity, attachment and devotion. In the relish of parenthood, the attachment increases up to affection,